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Japan halts beef imports from U.S. plant over safety concerns

National Nov. 30, 2012 - 12:30PM JST ( 40 )

TOKYO —

Japan on Thursday stopped importing beef from a U.S. meat plant after American authorities failed to confirm that beef from the plant without proper documents met Japan’s safety requirements on the U.S. origin, the health and farm ministries said

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[link to www.japantoday.com]

and here's the kicker....

"Cargoes of beef from a plant of Cargill Inc in Schuyler, Nebraska, which arrived Tokyo on Nov 22, included a package without quarantine documents, and the two ministries asked the U.S. authorities to confirm the age of the cattle concerned.

The import halt came after U.S. authorities said they could not confirm the beef met Japan’s requirements of cattle aged 20 months or younger, the two ministers said in a joint statement."

how about labelling shit as "RADIOACTIVE".......